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Viggo Peter Mortensen Jr. R [2] (Danish: [ˈviko ˈmɒːtn̩sn̩]; born October 20, 1958) [3] is an American actor, musician, and filmmaker. He is the recipient of various accolades, including nominations for three Academy Awards for Best Actor, three BAFTA Awards, four Golden Globe Awards, and an Independent Spirit Award.
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers is a 2002 epic high fantasy adventure film directed by Peter Jackson from a screenplay by Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Stephen Sinclair, and Jackson, based on 1954's The Two Towers, the second volume of the novel The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien.
It's hard to imagine any other actor than Viggo Mortensen playing Aragorn in Peter Jackson's beloved Lord of the Rings trilogy. But, in fact, another actor was cast in the crucial role of Middle ...
Townsend was hired to play the part of Aragorn in The Lord of the Rings film trilogy, but was replaced by Viggo Mortensen the day before principal photography began. [6] According to Townsend: I was there rehearsing and training for two months, then was fired the day before filming began.
Viggo Mortensen starred in the LOTR trilogy as Aragorn, the rightful king of Gondor and the hottest man in Middle-earth.He went on to star in several David Cronenberg films, including A History of ...
Whether they're action-film actors like Orlando Bloom or award-winning stars like Cate Blanchett, here's what the trilogy's cast has been up to. THEN AND NOW: The cast of 'The Lord of the Rings ...
The Lord of the Rings is a trilogy of epic fantasy adventure films directed by Peter Jackson, based on the novel The Lord of the Rings by English author J. R. R. Tolkien.The films are titled identically to the three volumes of the novel: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001), The Two Towers (2002), and The Return of the King (2003).
The actor has died at the age of 79. ... who played Aragorn, and wrote: “So long to our friend, our king, Bernard Hill. ... Hill joined the Lord Of The Rings cast for the second film in the ...